Is reporting indicating that new York Prosecutors are eyeing trumps d. C. Hotel as well. That infamous property had many critics alleging it was basically a swampy Grift Zone that Donald Trump used and misused while president. The Wall Street Journal reports they investigated the hotel, an element of the investigation that has not been previously probed. Donald trump threw open the doors. Im also honored to have a chance to thank the incredible team of people who brought our vision for washingtons historic old Post Office alive with the exception of 1600 pennsylvania avenue, this is the most coveted piece of Real Estate in washington, d. C. , the best location. This will be one of the great hotels anywhere in the world. Is it . Was it . Well, the Real Estate is not the issue right now. It is whether there were crimes committed in dealing with it, selling it, lying about it to regulators or the government, all of this under a microscope. Onld Donald Trump knows what he and the company d
Of this Trump Org criminal probe. We know from the Evidence Weve gathered its accelerating. Im discussing Donald Trumps cfo and accountant, Allen Weisselberg. Why he has cooperated with prosecutors in the past in a case you may or may not recall and why he is so key to the future of the entire Trump Organization and potentially to Donald Trumps freedom himself. Weve been Working On that. You know when we do the Special Reports we put everything we can in it. Thats coming up on tonights program. We begin with the top story coming out of washington but also around the world. President biden taking his first foreign trip. Biden in the u. K. For the G7 Summit leaving washington hours after dramatically and distinctly breaking off the direct talks with top republicans on the jobs plan. Biden shifting the focus to the remaining possibility the group of bipartisan senators which includes Joe Manchin, the democrats key vote on so many issues in the chamber. The White House says biden can give
Now, yesterday President Biden called on lawmakers to pass major voting and election legislation. Mcconnell responded with a scathing speech of his own. Yesterday, he shouted that if you disagree with him, youre George Wallace. George wallace . You dont pass the laws he wants, youre bull connor. He compared, listen to this, a bipartisan majority of senators to literal traitors. How profoundly, profoundly unpresident ial. Look, ive known and personally respected joe biden for many years. I did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. Cnns chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju joins us now. Mcconnell described the speech as a rant called an incoherent, focused as much or more on the rhetoric from President Biden as he did on the legislative push. Yeah, no question about it. Underscoring just how partisan this debate has become on capitol hill. And the fact that republicans are going to be uniformly opposed to one of the pieces of legislation, so called freedom to vote act, as
i m john vause. an historic message. kamala harris was owe anythingly nominated as the vice presidential candidate. she recognized she was showcased by influential woman. barack obama leveled his strongest, most skating criticism yet of president donald trump. i never expected that my successor would embrace my vision or continue my policies. i did hope, for the sake of our country, that donald trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously, that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care. for close to four years now he has shown no interest in putting in the work, no interest in finding common ground, no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends. no interest in treating the presidency as one more reality show he can use to get the attention he craves. donald trump hasn t grown into the job because he can t. the consequences of th
middle east could be on the brink of a new conflict. tonight, israel is poised for a tough response after the bodies of three missing teenagers are found in the west bank more than two weeks after they disappeared. israel accusing hamas of kidnapping the teens and a massive crackdown already underway. prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened an emergency cabinet meeting and vows hamas will pay. all of this comes amid chilling new terror threats aimed at the united states from the middle east. let s go straight to our cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman in hebron. what s the latest from there? well, we re about six hours ago, the israeli authorities say with the help of local israeli volunteers from a nearby settlement, they found a body under a pile you have rocks. they alerted the police and the military in the area who came and found two more bodies so a total of three bodies. it s believed that they are the bodies of the three israeli teenagers who went